AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1932, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

WORK FOR 7000 MEM... (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, July 20. Water Board 'work costing over £BOO,OOO having been Gazetted,, the officers of the board are • now making final plans to place in work die )i( batch of the 7000 men who, will eventually . b fc engaged. ,;A. i MISS'NO TIARA. MELBOURNE, Ju’y 20. Much interest has been aroused by the difficulty experienced by the trustees of the estate of the late Dame Nellie Melba to trace a diamond tiara valued at £20,000, which belonged to Melba. The manager of the truster company has stated that he is unable to indicate whether -the tiara would be traced, but there is no reason io believe that it has -been detained illegal y overseas. ,' - TOURISTS GOING EAST. ' ' SYDNEY, July 20. A large crowd of tourists this year are travelling to tihe East. With no ex; change on the passages, many, who iu previous years have gone to England, are now taking shorter trips to Chipa and Japan, with thq result that there is a demand for berths. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. •!„- . SYDNEY, July 2QI-P A tendency towards irregularity developed in some (sections of the investment market to-day. However, mosU.industrial shares were firm. > ' train FREIGHTS. SYDNEY, July 20. m ■ It ,is'likely that wool freights on the. '■•Always may shortly be reduced. The Minister for Transport is inquiring- as to the practicability of reducing . the r :te, while having regard' to the necessity of not unduly reducing revenue. A 10 per cent, reduction in the rate would cost the railways about £75,000 yearly.